PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly baseball honors for the week-ending April 17.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Joe DeRoche-Duffin • Sr. • OF/DH • UConn • Santa Ana, Calif.
DeRoche-Duffin led UConn to a 5-0 week, which included a series sweep of No. 30 Houston. He hit .421 (8-for-19) and slugged .947 in the five games with three home runs, seven RBIs and five runs scored. DeRoche-Duffin, who hit safely in all five games, went 2-for-4 with a home run in a 6-3 win against Northeast Conference-leading Bryant and capped UConn's sweep of Houston with a 2-for-4, four-RBI effort in Game 3 against the Cougars.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Robby Howell • Jr. • RHP • UCF • Fort White, Fla.
Howell helped UCF to a series win against USF by taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning of the Knights' 4-0 victory in Game 2 against the Bulls. He finished his outing with one hit allowed and seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings, improving his record to 7-0 on the season and lowering his ERA to a league-leading 1.14.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Kyle Mottice • So. • IF • Cincinnati • Canal Fulton, Ohio
Hit .381 (8-for-21) with a triple and four runs scored in five games. Was a combined 5-for-12 in the Bearcats' series win against No. 22 Tulane.
Anthony Kay • Jr. • LHP • UConn • Stony Brook, N.Y.
Went 8.1 innings and allowed six hits and two runs (one earned) with seven strikeouts in a 3-2 win against No. 30 Houston.
Parker Lamm • Sr. • OF • East Carolina • Wilson, N.C.
Hit .538 (7-for-13) with a double, triple, two runs scored and eight RBIs in a series win at Memphis.
Ross Massey • Fr. • LHP • Tulane • Baton Rouge, La.
Pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing three hits and striking out five to win a 1-0 pitchers' duel against Cincinnati.
Jeremy Montalbano • Jr. • DH • Tulane • Katy Texas
Hit .375 (6-for-16) with two home runs, three RBIs and two runs scored in four games. Hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth in a 1-0 win against Cincinnati.